| Autor: |
Sebola, M. P., Tsheola, J. P., Molopa, M. |
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Bangladesh e-Journal of Sociology; Jul2014, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p105-117, 13p |
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Media is one of the most powerful medium accepted in democratic systems for representing voices of the citizenry, in the absence and/or addition to the existing informal and formal legislative provisions. The philosophical fulcrum of this paper is that citizenry participation in decision making processes is an imperative tenet for democratic governance to be "good" and to serve the public interests for service delivery. In this context, South Africa's violent protests about service delivery raises question of the voices that the powerful conventional mass media is representing. The paper asserts that the editorial rooms of the conventional media appear to use the protests of the poor people for making headline, selling their products and running their businesses, rather than communicating the unfettered voices of the majority. A conclusion is made that the social media networks, notwithstanding their drawbacks, hold a strong realistic potential to promote the voices of the poor majority for good democratic governance of service delivery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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